Dissection of the Screen

Cannibalism but make it ✨romantic✨. That’s what director Luca Guadagnino impressively manages to accomplish with 2022's Bones and All, starring Timothee Chalamet and Canadian Taylor Russell. While it is technically a romance, there's a good amount of body horror and creepy old guys a la Herbert from Family Guy to balance things out and keep you on your toes.

The Dark Knight Trilogy will always hold a special place in my comic book loving heart. However, as I've grown older I've realized that the ethics of Batman are a little murky. What Batman really teaches us, is that if you're rich you can do anything and get away with it and you don't even have to go to an island. But if you cast your critical thinking aside, you'll find that these movies are a joy, filled with great villains and cool gadgets like the batmobile, that nothing on the screen has been able to replicate since. Here's a fun fact before you listen to this episode: Tom Hardy is only 5'9" but wore 3 inch lifts to play Bane, which means that his high heels were probably the same height as Catwomans.

Why do we like anxiety inducing movies? And what makes a movie anxiety inducing? In this episode I discuss these two ideas using two very different movies - the eerie, slow paced Sicario and the fast paced, chaotic Uncut Gems.

James Cameron really saw blue man group and thought to himself ‘what if they were hot’? To which my response is - they’re already hot? So interesting to me that he dropped bangers like titanic and aliens then decided he wanted to dedicate the rest of his life to ending racism and to stoke intense dislike against white people with dreads. Honestly, respect. 

It's clear that the Scorcese movies I watched this year had an influence on this episode, as it's my longest yet. But can you blame me as I tried to cover a personal best 75 movies I watched in 2025? And although my movie average rating was lower than years past, there was still a number of notable watches including bangers such as Good Time, One Battle After Another, The Departed and more. Start your year off right by either agreeing with me fully or yelling at your listening device about how wrong I am. As always, I'd love to hear your disagreements so drop a comment below.

Studio Ghibli, led by its visionary director Hayao Miyazaki, have been leading the field in animated movies since its inception 40 years ago. Ghibli films have touched hearts worldwide through their whimsical storylines, memorable characters and for some Westerners, helped kickstart their weird obsession with Japanese culture. According to letterboxd reviews, pretty much all of Ghibli's most popular movies are masterpieces. However, in this episode it's clear that no masterpiece is safe from my ranking of 15 of Ghibli's most popular movies.

Tune in to revisit the old Dream/Nightmare Blunt Rotation memes with first ever special guest Lindsey. On this episode we look at directors who like to work with the same group of actors and debate which ones have the best blunt rotation i.e. the best group of actors we'd like to hangout with. Directors in the discussion include big names like Wes Anderson, Christopher Nolan and more.

Morocco, Barcelona, Indiana Jones, Oh My! In my longest episode yet I regale you with my tales from Morocco and Barcelona with a dash of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, which contrary to signage at Ait Ben Haddou in Morocco, was not filmed there.

Have an hour and a half to kill? Lonely? Watch the instant classic War of the Worlds (2025) with my commentary. It's like directors commentary except I don't like the movie!

Gawd damn! That's what Ice Cube says in this movie and it's also my exact reaction to his horrendous acting and this long amazon advertisement they tried to call a movie. Ice Cube you have ten days to apologize otherwise I will throw out my copy of Are We There Yet...

Barbie was a smash hit and it's no surprise when the cast is so talented and frankly, so hot. I haven't had this much love for a product since I anthropomorphized my pet mouse when I was 5 years old. In this month's episode, we talk about what makes Barbie so good, how product placement is inescapable for moviegoers and why you should care.

Arrival is a great movie, born out of a pretty good short story. This episode breaks down why that's hard, what Arrival does so well and most importantly, how I fractured my ankle :(

It's the Jaws 50th anniversary and what better excuse do you need to watch this all time classic? In honour of Jaws, this episode has eating ASMR and a story about chasing down a Kijiji deal.

Did you know Anora won five Oscars, including best picture? Maybe you did. But I bet you didn't know that I can do a really good, definitely not offensive, Russian accent.

2024 was a good year for movie watching... just not with your parents. Unless one of your parents is Austin Powers (Yeah Baby!)Tune in for my hot takes on Saltburn, Poor Things, Oppenheimer, Godzilla Minus One and dozens of other movies.I also learned while editing this that I don't know how to say the word vapid! And I'm still not confident!

I swear I’m not a Potterhead. But who doesn’t love a little Harry P? Join me on this potentially controversial ranking of all the Harry Potter movies, from worst to best. You’ll hear my best Dumbledore impersonation, what I really think about Dobby and my disdain for Ginny.